Back to collectionA Four-Family Choice Replaces Five General Roles
Background: The community server is due for another rebuild, and its five general roles no longer fit the grouping the team wants. Today: The server permissions reached a final decision: the five general roles were scrapped and replaced by four families—God, Machine, Beast, and Human. Impact and next: The old roles offered broad positions in the community; the new system turns access into a consequential act of choosing a side.
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Background: The community server is due for another rebuild, and its five general roles no longer fit the grouping the team wants. As a longtime member, Night Watchman is watching not only the new names but also whether the rules will leave some people without access to public discussion.
Today: The server permissions reached a final decision: the five general roles were scrapped and replaced by four families—God, Machine, Beast, and Human. Members cannot change their choice once made; anyone who does not choose will not be able to see the public discussion area. Some in the chat hesitated over whether to choose by interest or by familiar faces. Night Watchman urged them to understand the irreversible condition before deciding.
Impact and next: The old roles offered broad positions in the community; the new system turns access into a consequential act of choosing a side. Discussion areas will be organized by family, but members still have no answer on how to decide where they belong or whether a mistaken choice can be fixed. Night Watchman plans to keep collecting the rules members find least clear.